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National Servicemen's Inscription / March 2014
Photographs supplied by Diane Watson
A monument commemorates those who undertook National Service in the Australian Defence Forces from 1951 to 1972.
Between 1951 and 1972, 287,000 young Australian men were called up in two separate schemes for compulsory training in the Navy, Army and Air Force. Of them, 212 died on active service in Borneo and Vietnam. National Service was part of Australia’s defence preparedness for three decades.
Location
| Address: | Tweed Terrace, Point Danger, Coolangatta, 4225 |
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| State: | QLD |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -28.164064 Long: 153.550928 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | Multiple |
| Approx. Event Start Date: | 1951 |
| Approx. Event End Date: | 1972 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | 2008 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MANATIONAL SERVICEMEN`S MEMORIAL Commemorating The 287,000 Young Men Called Up For National Service In The Navy, Army And Air Force Between 1951 And 1972. 212 Of Those Who Served Overseas Were Killed And 1479 Wounded. THEY SERVED AUSTRALIA Erected by Gold Coast South Twin Towns Branch National Servicemen's Association Of Australia (QLD) 2009
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
